under hope

"Humans have something that other members of the family don’t have. Christina, do you know what it is?"

"I don't know, my lord. I think all dependents are the same."The woman driving the carriage in the wilderness replied.

"You will understand, my dear. Next, you will understand..."

The man in black sitting in the carport reached out and touched the woman's shoulder. The woman also tilted her head and rubbed her withered palm with her chin, a blush secretly appearing on her face.

"The palms of adults are still so warm"

"Thank you for the compliment, Christina. Now drive the carriage well."The man in black put his hand back into the carport.

"ah."

The woman opened her mouth and wanted to bite her palm, but she couldn't keep up with the speed of the man in black. This made her very disappointed. She said angrily.:

"It would be great if the carriage could reach its destination by itself"

"Christina?!"

The man in black raised his voice.

"I'm sorry, my lord. I will concentrate on driving."

The woman didn't dare to show any signs of slacking off, and deliberately shook the reins to prove that she was driving seriously.

This is a suburb thirty kilometers away from the city. They set out from the royal capital and drove for two days and two nights.

The time is now too It was getting late, the sun was gradually sinking, darkness swallowed up the entire sky silently, and the carriage gradually slowed down.

The wilderness at night was not safe, and they needed to camp.

"Stop right here, Christina."

Following the instructions of the man in black, the carriage stopped next to a creek.

After the carriage came to a stop, the woman jumped out of the driver's seat. She unbridled the horse and tied it to the place where the grass was densest.

Black The man in clothes also got out of the carriage and took off the hood he had been wearing, revealing his white bones and a pair of big horns. He turned his head and looked at the woman picking up branches and said:

"Go to bed early today"

"Eh?!"

The woman was startled at first, but quickly made a pitiful look and said in a coquettish tone.:

"No need~ Sir, you said the same thing yesterday. I have been waiting all day~, I promise I won’t play too long tonight!"

"We haven’t arrived in the city yet, so there is no need for you to draw strength, Christina."

The man in black said calmly, and there was no change in expression on the skeleton face without any skin.

"snort……"

The woman was sulking, speeding up her picking movements, and soon came to the man in black holding a bundle of branches.

Soon, the flames crackled and ignited, becoming the only sound and light in the dark and silent night.

The man in black stretched out his withered hand and gently brushed the flames.

In a longer period of time, humans used fire to drive away wild beasts, established villages, and consolidated their position in nature.

However, such a powerful flame could not burn on his skin at all, and could only helplessly surround his hands.

The woman was busy setting up a tent again. The young woman seemed to have very skilled experience in wild camping.

After observing the flames for a long time, the man in black pulled his hand away from the flames.

He pointed his palm towards the grass on the other side of the stream and released a plume of black smoke, twisting like a viper and drifting to the other side, bringing him a dead gray rabbit.

I don’t know how long it took, but the woman had already set up the tent and was sitting by the campfire, handling the rabbit carcass with a dagger.

When she cut open the rabbit's belly and saw the mushy mass, she wrinkled her nose and complained.:

"My lord, my internal organs are all broken. Isn’t there a safer way?"

She dug out the broken internal organs with a dagger in disgust, stood up and threw them far away.

"This is the safest way. It explodes without warning and no one can find the hunter."

"Although what you said makes sense, it's still unacceptable and disgusting."

The woman quickly peeled off the rabbit skin, pierced the rabbit meat with the peeled branches, and roasted it on the bonfire.

"I thought you were used to this kind of thing"

"Hehe, no matter what, she is still a girl.

The woman winked mischievously.

Within a few minutes, the meat will be browned on both sides. Before starting to eat, the woman turned to the man in black and asked:

"You still don’t need to eat?"

The man in black raised his head and looked at the woman with dark, dull eyes, and said slowly:

"I am a messenger of God, I don’t need to eat"

"oh oh."

The woman nodded as if she understood, and started eating by herself.

Her eating movements were very elegant, and she seemed to have received relevant education, but her efficiency was not slow, and a whole rabbit was quickly eaten. In her stomach.

While she was eating, the man in black had already laid down in the tent.

A sly smile flashed at the corner of her mouth. After licking the oil stains on her hands, she gently removed her sword and used her hands and feet together. She climbed into the tent.

She sat next to the man in black, smiled evilly and took off the obstructive mail on her body, leaving only a thin undershirt.

"I'm sorry, sir. After all, I have been waiting for so long."

"Sigh..."

The man in black sighed softly, sat up and grabbed the woman's slender waist with his withered hands.

"ah!"

The sudden cold touch startled the woman. Looking at the dull eyes in front of her, she said with some embarrassment.:

"Ah, so you are awake?"

"I am a messenger of God, I don’t need to go into deep sleep"

"No……"

The woman showed a helpless expression

"Since you insist on doing so, let me grant you the blessing in advance."

The man in black looked directly into the woman's eyes. Countless flames seemed to burst out of the deep eye holes in the white skull, while invisible power sealed all the vents. The starry sky flashed in front of her eyes, and the huge The twisted and indescribable thing came towards her eyes and hit the depths of her soul.

At that moment, countless muttering consciousnesses poured into her head.She peered into the secrets of the bright starry sky, and also saw the ever-changing, indescribable gods.

"Outer God! It's an alien god!"

She kept shouting names she had never heard before, and her head was in chaos.

She fell backwards, hitting her head heavily on the ground, covering her ears with her hands, trying to resist the force that came from the unknown realm and wanted to devour her. The mysterious power.

Early the next morning, the woman woke up in a messy tent. There was no trace of the man in black around her. She quickly put on her chainmail, grabbed her sword and rushed out.

Not far from the tent , the man in black is standing there, with two soldiers in gorgeous armor lying at his feet.

"grown ups! What happened?"

The woman held the sword tightly and trotted to the side of the man in black.

"The royal capital is already sending messages everywhere, we have to hurry up."

The man in black summoned black flames from the palm of his hand. He turned his head and said to the woman.:

"See if there's anything about them that might be useful to you."

The woman put away her sword and squatted down in front of the corpse. She took away the red cloak tied around the soldier's neck, then straightened up and took a step back.

Before the woman could stand still, the black flames roared and rushed towards the soldier's neck. The corpse swallowed up all the exquisite armor and internal bones. The surrounding grass was still so green, as if nothing had ever been here.

After cleaning up the camping traces, the carriage once again galloped on the wilderness.

At dusk , they arrived in front of the tall city gate.

There was a dense concentration of soldiers in front of the city gate, and everyone who entered the city was being searched and inspected. Even the goods of the freight carriages had to be moved down for inspection one by one.

"Have you been seen, my lord?"

The woman asked softly.

"It's the power of the crystal. They use it for long-distance communication, but it can't show pictures. After all, the disappearance of the princess is not a trivial matter."

"What should I do, sir? Want to massacre the city?"

A flash of madness flashed in the woman's eyes, and her right hand had already clenched the hilt of the sword.

"No, no, my dear Christina, just get checked as normal"

"My lord, I really hope the lord here can be thicker."

The woman took off her chainmail and licked her lips hungrily, her eyes filled with beast-like desire.

The sun was about to completely set, and it was finally their turn.

"Please get off the carriage."

After saluting, a female soldier conducted a comprehensive body search on the woman, while another male soldier went around to the back to check the car.

"No goods? asked the soldier checking the car.

"All sold out, here to restock."

The woman replied

"Are you bringing two beddings by yourself?"

The soldier continued to ask

"Your Excellency, as a female businessman..." the woman said slowly, slightly puffing her chest forward.:

"Itself... can also be regarded as a commodity, but it is only for a limited time."

"Okay, you go over there."The female soldier pushed the woman impatiently.

"Kill you."

The woman glared at the soldier fiercely and said in a strange language.

"What?"

The female soldier turned aroundCome

"Nothing, Your Excellency."

She smiled and bowed, and then drove the carriage into the city.

"Sir, I always felt strange after that night. Sure enough, does pain affect a person's mood?"

The woman covered her red cheeks with one hand and said shyly.

"You have become a servant of the gods at the cost of changing your race to a ghoul."

The man in black reappeared in the carriage and handed a bloody piece of rotten meat to the woman's mouth.

"Sir~, what is this? It smells so good.……"

The woman stuck out her tongue and licked the meat, biting it bit by bit with her teeth. The fragrant blood made her intoxicated. Unknowingly, she also ate most of the man in black's fingers.

"ah! I'm very sorry, sir, my head is a little dizzy."

The woman quickly let go of her mouth and wiped the man in black's saliva-stained finger bones clean with a handkerchief.

"Can I only eat raw meat from now on? grown ups"

"Yes, that adult always likes to play pranks. He turns the things you hate the most into power."

"It's so annoying, but luckily there are adults around."

"I am a messenger of God. You can still taste the original taste of my body."

"Then... after tonight's task is completed, can you reward me by eating you?"

"Of course, my dear, as a messenger of God, it is always necessary to reward your servants generously."

"That's great, sir. Let's make it quick tonight."

The woman smiled happily.

The night was gradually falling, and there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the street. There was only one carriage on the quiet stone road quietly driving towards the lord's castle.

"Stop there! here it is……"

Before the soldier finished speaking, his soul had already entered heaven, and the black flames that followed engulfed the headless corpse.

Inside the castle.

The young lord was pacing anxiously in the library. He was flipping through the ancient books in front of him, looking for the answer he had been longing for.

"What were those things that descended on the territory thirteen years ago? What is an outside god?"

Obviously, the young lord did not get the answer he wanted

"Great Holy Emperor, I sincerely pray to you. You created us, but what were you afraid of thirteen years ago?"

The lord recalled that thunderstorm night thirteen years ago, when the giant winged snake hovered over his territory, and the continuous scream scared all the soldiers on duty outside.

All the statues of the Holy Emperor His face and ears were covered by the priest. He gave up his majesty in front of the believers. He did not dare to look directly at the monster in the sky, nor did he dare to listen to the prayers of the believers.

"Lord lord."

A girl wearing a priest's costume knocked gently on the half-open door. She was the granddaughter of the old priest. She was adopted by the lord after the church was demolished by the people.

"If someone wants to see you, they'll be in the drawing room."

The girl said softly while holding the candlestick.

"OK"

The lord stood up, straightened his clothes, and followed the girl out of the library.

"Hello, I’m Viscount Bowerman. What’s the matter?"

The lord walked into the living room and bowed slightly to the gorgeously dressed woman standing in the room.

"Guian, Viscount Bormann, I want to order you to die, is that okay?"

The woman grinned and looked at the somewhat shocked lord.

"are you talking about something……"

"I think I still have this power."

The woman took out a golden badge from her pocket

"What! That is... you are... the Princess Palace……"

Blood sprayed on the door, the lord's body collapsed to the ground weakly, and the black flames began to enjoy the delicious food.

The priest girl holding the candlestick was spattered with blood. Her eyes rolled and her body fell straight backwards.

"Well done, my dear, the guy who tried to peek into the truth has been eliminated and it's time to leave."

The man in black caught the little priest who was about to fall and picked her up.

Taking advantage of the darkness, the carriage drove away from the city, leaving a trail of black burning marks.

Above the wilderness

"Sir, why did you take her away?"

The woman looked at the sleeping little priest in the carport with some confusion, and asked in confusion.

"The poor guy must have been frightened a lot. In order for her soul to grow healthily, the adult will definitely give her a blessing."

The man in black stroked the little priest's brown hair and wiped the sweat from her face.

"You are quite nourishing."

The red-haired man quietly landed on the carriage. Just a look made Christina, who was about to draw her sword, freeze in place.

"you're awake? Not a short sleep."

The man in black lowered his head and continued to trim the little priest's hair.

"Time always slips away quietly, just like human hope"

"Um?"

The man in black raised his head, only to find that the man was gone.

"My lord, where is my...reward?"

The woman stopped the carriage and looked at the man in black behind her.

Under the big tree, the little priest was sleeping peacefully in the carriage, while the man in black was sitting on the grass, caressing Christina's neck and her naturally drooping hair. Hair.

There is a creature called the Bamboo Rat in the Kingdom. This creature likes bamboo shoots but does not eat the flesh of the bamboo shoots. When they eat, they will eat the tips of the bamboo shoots with their mouths and suck out the inside through constant nibbling and licking. Sweet juice.

The journey will continue, and human exploration of the unknown will continue.